Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

“Young man," he said, "understand this: there are two Londons. There's London Above―that's where you lived―and then there's London Below―the Underside―inhabited by the people who fell through the cracks in the world. Now you're one of them. Good night.” Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere “Somehow, this was one...

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Why Girls Hate Game of Thrones: A Response

Did any of you read that article? The Thrillist.com's 'Why Girls Hate Game of Thrones'? If not, you may want to read it before reading the rest of my post here... it may just cause capillaries in your nose to explode, resulting in nosebleeds of rage. This is the most amazing, backwards and Victorianesque...

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Stephen King movies are making a Comeback!

Remember all those cheesy Stephen King movies? Yah, me too (not all of them were cheesy, but let's start with the cheesy ones).There was IT [1990], about the scary monster Pennywise that had a penchant for dressing up as a clown and eating children (and it was quite scary)! There was Secret Window [2004] which...

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The Sapphires [2012] - A Review

If you're looking for an easy, feel-good movie on a Friday night, this movie is for you. It's a musical romantic-comedy set during the Vietnam war.  Dave Lovelace (played by one of my favourite actors ever Chris O'Dowd) and four super-talented Aborigine girls; Gail (Deborah Mailman), Kay (Shari Sebens),...

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Feature and Follow Friday

Whoop! It's Friday again and I'm participating in this week's blog hop. It's an awesome initiative by the brilliant ParaJunkee and Alison Can Read.  So, the question this week is! Q: Happy Mother's Day! Who is your favorite mom from fiction? There can't be any mother more epic that Mrs Weasely...

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Oblivion [2013] = Sci-Fi for Chicks

Look, I'm just going to say it. Oblivion was sci-fi for chicks.  The story goes like this: It is 2077 and Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is a drone repair man. He and his wifey are living at the top of a wicked-cool house above the clouds of earth. Earth, as we know it, has been destroyed after a war against...

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Feature and Follow Friday

Whoop! It's Friday again and I'm participating in this week's blog hop. It's an awesome initiative by the brilliant ParaJunkee and Alison Can Read.  So, the question this week is! Q: Give us a sneak! What are you reading? Tell us about a fun or fail scene in your current read. I'm currently...

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Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell [Book Review]

“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas “Spent the fortnight gone in the music room reworking my year's fragments into a 'sextet for overlapping soloists': piano, clarinet,...

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